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- Five weeks on trial.

Now jury deliberations.

I can't do it anymore.

- Is there a problem with
the other jurors, Ms. Spencer?

- No. It's--

it's...a lot of pressure.

I need to go home.

- Your Honor, if this juror
wants to be excused,

I won't object.

- Would you step outside
for a moment, Ms. Spencer?

- Please.

- I assume you object, Peter.

- It would be counterproductive

to start deliberations
over again with an alternate.

It's a waste
of everybody's time.

- Forcing her to stay is only
putting more pressure on her

to vote guilty.

- Your client should've
thought of that

before he killed two people.

- What is it with you guys?
There's no jury in earshot.

Send Ms. Spencer back in.

- What are you gonna tell her?

- That we're not
running a Club Med here.

- Thank you, Your Honor.

- Publish the verdict, Mr. Wick.

- In the case of the People
of the State of Illinois

versus Ricardo Mendoza,

on the count of first degree
murder,

the people find the defendant
guilty.

- Escoria racistas!

- That's Mendoza's brother.

- The defendant will be remanded
into custody pending sentencing.

- Con cuidado, eh?

- The people thank the jury
for their service.

You are dismissed.

This court stands adjourned.

- Okay, I've been here
long enough.

In the bullpen, there is a board
covered with clothing.

- Yeah. The winners club.

When an ASA wins his or her
first felony trial,

a piece of something they were
wearing when the verdict came in

goes up on the wall.

- There's a piece of a bra
up there.

- What can I say? Second chair
always picks the item.

- You're telling me someone here
actually wore a bowtie?

- Yeah, well, I lost a bet.

- Stone.

Yeah.

- Patrol saw her body floating
in the water.

Summons to appear for jury duty
was in her wallet.

CPD ID'd her.
They called us.

We called you.

- ME says no visible bruising.

The crap up her nose means
she was most likely alive

when they dumped her
in the swim.

- Los Hotas?

- She begged to be let
off the case.

Maybe I should've let you go.

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- Last week on the Kaplan case,

a juror tried to get
out of jury duty

'cause his pet pig was
depressed.

If word gets out that jurors
are being whacked,

we'll never seat another jury.

- I'll have Voight
put together--

- No, no, no. I want you
running point on this.

You picked her, right?

- I did, yeah.

- You did right
demanding she stay.

Oh, I want CPD cars, unmarked,
on all the jurors

until we figure this out.

Get the mayor.

- Santiago Mendoza.

- This ain't about
parking tickets, is it?

- We're here about Ricardo.

- He okay?
- He's fine.

- For a dude looking
at mandatory life.

- You seemed pretty pissed, too.

Maybe you decided
to do something about that.

- Oh, you caught me.
I'm organizing a prison break.

- Or you killed a juror.

- Whoa, damn. I'm a civilian.

You should be looking
at Los Hotas, man.

They threatened mi madre
to make sure Ricardo don't rat.

- Where did this happen?

- My mom's house.

Miguel followed her home
first day of trial.

- Miguel Lopez?

- He's a sick bastard.

- Yo, Miguel.

- What--

- Hey, what are you doing?

- Where you going, Miguel?
Where you going?

Hands behind your back.

Why'd you make me run, huh?

- You good?
- Yeah.

- What did I do?
- You threatened Señora Mendoza.

That's what.
- I don't even know who that is.

- He really is that stupid.
Ricardo's mother.

- I'm there to support
my homie, bro.

Why would I threaten his mom?

- I don't know--to make sure
your homie doesn't rat you out?

- What about her?
You threaten her, too?

- I don't even--wait.

The bitch from the jury?

- The bitch be dead.

- Are you accusing me?

- She did put your homie away.

- Now first you say
I threatened Ricardo

to keep him from ratting me out,

then I whack a juror
for locking him up?

That don't make sense together.

Who's stupid now?
- Still you.

- Now, maybe instead of crawling
all in my business,

you should talk
to that jurado racista

with the ugly-ass sweaters.

- What are you talking about?
- He was on the jury too.

Bottom row at the end.

I saw him and your dead chick
hashing it out

in the parking lot one night.

- Come on.

Must be hard being stuck
in a room with 11 strangers.

- You mean seven strangers
and four knuckleheads.

We should've been out of there
in two hours.

That kid was guilty as sin.

- Was Lily Spencer
one of the knuckleheads?

- No. She was a "guilty"
after the first ballot.

- Oh, so you didn't have
any trouble with her?

- Why?
She say something?

- You were arguing
in the parking lot.

- That's what she said?

She was crying.
I was consoling her.

- About what?

- She said the trial was ruining
her life. She had to get home.

- Did she mention
anyone from Los Hotas

giving her a hard time?

- Okay, that's it.

Tell me what's going on,
or get out.

- Lily Spencer is dead,
Mr. Evans.

- Oh, my God.
Such a sweet kid.

Those punks.
They did it, right?

Oh, no, no, no, no.

I was the foreman.

They're gonna come for me now,
right?

I want protection.

- It's already there.

- Did she mention
anything specific?

- Look. All I know is that
someone was driving her nuts

with all those texts.

The judge told us to shut off
our phones.

We did. But Lily said that she
had to keep hers on or--

or there would be consequences.

- You didn't think
of telling the judge?

- I assumed the texts
were personal business.

I guess I was wrong.

- The phone company
only keeps texts for three days.

Lily received 67 texts,
all from the same guy.

How did Los Hotas
get her cell number?

- They didn't,
unless one of them was

moonlighting at a tech firm.

Thanks.

The texts are from a phone
owned by Jaxco.

- The restaurant app?
- Among others.

We're looking
at a high-tech stalker.

- Here's the last text message:

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- Best day of my life was
when I met Lily.

Worst? Well, when she dumped me.

- We wanted to ask you about
a bunch of texts you sent her.

- Lily and I broke up.
We didn't declare war.

We communicated daily
because of Sam, our son.

Hey, buddy. Say hey.
- Hi.

- We're gonna be right in here,
okay?

Please.

- You share custody?
- 50/50.

That's why you're here, right?
- Not exactly.

- Did something happen to Lily?

I'm sorry.

When?

- We found her two nights ago.
- Her body was in the river.

- You people--you forced her
onto that damn case.

You should've protected her!

Thank God it was my day.

Just tell me you have
the bastard in custody.

What? What is it?

- You sent her 67 texts
in 3 days, Mr. Clark.

You didn't get a response
for two days.

You didn't find that odd?

- Hold on.
If you're suggesting

that I had something
to do with this--

- Well, you sent her a text,
and I quote,

"It's either the jury
or your kid."

Kind of sounds like a threat.

- All right.
Out of context,

okay, yeah,
maybe that sounds bad,

but the thing is, people think
you invent a couple apps,

you just sit on your butt
and cash checks.

I'm busy, okay?
Sam was hounding me.

Kids don't understand jury duty.

All he knows is that his mother
missed another soccer game.

- Nice boat.

- Yeah,
it's a 1936 Grebe Cruiser.

- Huh. You ever take Lily out
on it?

- There wasn't enough Dramamine
in the city.

- When was the last time
you took it out?

- About a week ago.

- Dad?

- One second, Sam.

Are we good?

- Two nights ago--
- I was home with Sam.

All night.

- Good.

- There she is, the beauty.

- Mr. Clark take her out
recently?

- Sure. Two days ago.

Scratched her up real bad.
I buffed and waxed. Good as new.

- Was she with him?

- Yeah, honestly, I--
I can't keep them straight.

- Eddie, would you mind
handing me that hoodie?

Thank you.

- Is there anything else?

- No, we're good.
Thanks for your help.

Huh. "How to Avoid Getting
a Warrant" by Laura Nagel.

- Wonder if these are Lily's.

- Oh, there you go.
Looks like Clark fibbed

about bringing Lily aboard, too.

- Clark's a little bit
of a prick, right?

- Lie to me once...

- So, tell me,
how does he get joint custody?

- Judges are like that now.

Even if they think the dad
may be questionable,

judge says it's a good idea

for the kid
to have both parents.

It's only temporary.
You'll get Jen back soon.

- Yeah.

- He owns a hot tech company,

and the mother of his kid
works at Walmart.

- A perk of not being married.

Hoodie was Sam's.

- Maybe Clark only told us
one fib.

- Mm.

- Lily was being evicted.

This notice is dated
the day she died.

- Hey! What's going on?

- It's okay.
State's Attorneys.

- Is Lily okay?

- Are you a friend of hers?

- I guess.
I'm the live-in manager.

- She was murdered.

- Wh--
What about Sam?

- He's fine.
He's with his father.

She was my favorite tenant.

- Why were you booting her?

- I just manage the building.
I don't own it.

She was three months behind.

- She talk about Sam's dad much?

- I asked. She didn't want
to talk about him.

Now Grayson's gonna
let me have it.

- Grayson?
- The owner.

He gave me a lot of flac
for renting to her.

She'd been evicted
from two other places.

- Well, why did you, then?

- Her sister, Sarah,
cosigned the lease.

- You know
where we can find Sarah?

- Sarah's my wife--
was my wife.

She passed away
three months ago.

Ovarian cancer.

I promised Sarah
I'd take care of Lily.

- You mean financially?

- That, too.
This is so sad.

Lily used to be an assistant
professor of English

at CCU, you know?
- What happened?

- Jaxson Clark happened.

We told her to back off,
but she wouldn't listen.

- Did he hit her?
- Bruises fade.

Bones heal.
Humiliation is forever.

You want to know how?

Okay. We went over there
for dinner.

Chicken Kiev,
Jaxson's favorite.

It was obvious that Lily
had worked her butt off

to make sure
that everything was perfect.

Jaxson takes one bite,

says it's dry,
and orders a pizza.

Real empathy, huh?

- Why did she stop teaching?

- "The mother of my son
will not work."

After they split up,
it got worse.

He started calling her,
texting her nonstop.

Sarah and I went to the cops
with her

to get a restraining order.

They told her to stop
checking her messages,

answering his calls.

- It's not a bad idea.

- Jaxson labeled every text,
"About Sam."

How could she not look?

The last time we spoke,

she said she actually
spotted him watching her.

- When was that?
- Before that stupid trial.

She was over by the river.
- The river?

- Under the
LaSalle Street Bridge.

It's where we sprinkled
Sarah's ashes.

Lily would go down there
to feel close to Sarah.

She saw Jaxson on the bridge
staring down at her.

- Thank you.

That's not far
from where we found Lily.

- Mm-hmm.

- No, sorry.

- You sure? No?

Have you seen this girl?
You sure?

- Nothing.

- How is it possible
that nobody saw anything?

A fight, a--an argument.

- Maybe they did,
but they didn't care.

- What the hell is that?

- For sure!

- Hashers?
- That's what we call ourselves.

We're a drinking club
with a running problem.

You know what I mean?

- How often do you run?

- Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays.

Depends on if we got after it
Thursday night, you know?

- You always wear cameras?
- Oh, yeah. These guys?

How else would we remember it
the next day?

- You happen to record
Wednesday's run?

What happened to good
old-fashioned drinking?

- Ugh.

Oh, man. Just watching them,
I want to puke.

- Apparently you're not alone.

- Ugh.

- Hold on.

Back up.

Stop.

Right there. Zoom in.

Pink coat.

- That's Lily.

- Okay, play it from here.

- That water's freezing.
What is she doing?

- Killing herself.

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- Ooh. Oh, we're good.
Thank you.

- Close to 30 million cows
were slaughtered in 2016 alone.

- This is pork.

- Anyway, the ME's report says
Lily's lungs were filled

with river water,
making the COD drowning.

- Ah. External bruising?
- Mm-mm.

She had Klonopin in her blood.
- How much?

- Enough to stop her
from changing her mind.

It was a suicide, Peter.

- The duct tape didn't
look suspicious to you?

- Walking into a freezing river
is suspicious.

The best way to make sure you'll
drown is to not be able to swim.

- How in the world
did she tape herself?

- You'd be amazed
by what you can find on YouTube.

- I'm happy to pursue this,

but what exactly
am I looking for?

- Something that will allow me
to charge Jaxson Clark

with the stalking
and harassment of Lily Spencer.

- Without a victim?

This isn't on you.

- She came to me. She said
she was under a lot of pressure.

I didn't...listen.

- Her sister's wife said Lily
and her ex spent time in court.

I'll look into their
domestic relations court files.

- There you go.

- If someone took me to court
as much as Jaxson took Lily,

I might consider
a few drastic measures myself.

Twice a month since they split.

Motion for Financial Disclosure.

- She worked at Walmart.

- Motion to Update
Financial Disclosure.

Motion to Preclude Visitation.

- Let me guess:
Motion for Monitored Visitation.

- Right.

- Over and over until she
just couldn't fight anymore.

I bet Clark didn't
even want the kid.

He just didn't want Lily
to have him.

- There are two sides
to every story.

Family Services investigated
five cases of abuse

in regards to Sam,
all against Lily.

- Might explain
why Jaxson wanted full custody.

- Hm.

- I'll talk to the kid.

It's better if I go alone.

I mean,
if his mom did abuse him,

he might be more comfortable
talking to a guy.

- I'll hit DCFS.
- You want company?

- I'm driving.

- Jaxson called our hotline
about Lily for everything.

Lily left Sam alone to borrow
an egg from a neighbor?

Inadequate supervision.

Sam saw a roach?

Claimed unsafe
living conditions.

- What about the abuse claims?

- Sam had a nasty bruise
on his upper arm.

Kid stepped
into oncoming traffic.

Lily grabbed him, left a mark.

- Every nine-year-old in the
city probably has the same one.

- Only one of their parents
didn't file a claim with us.

- Hold on. You took Sam away
from Lily for three months

because of a black and blue
mark?

- Look, from what I can tell,
Lily is a good mom.

But it is my job
to protect the child.

I can't ignore complaints.

- Was there any real abuse?

- Chad, Lily's dead.

That means she's lost custody
permanently,

so if you're
holding anything back--

- One time when I stopped by
to do a safety visit,

Lily had a cast on her arm.

She claimed she fell
down the stairs.

- Jaxson?
- I didn't say that.

I have no evidence
that he ever touched her.

I do know that he wanted
full custody of Sam.

I also know that Lily was
not about to give him up.

And she did say
it was an accident,

so what was I gonna do?

- Oh, I don't know. Something?

- It's supposed to be
best interest of the child.

The only interest these people
look out for is their own.

- I assume you're speaking
from personal experience?

- Oh, great. Did you read that
on a bathroom wall?

- You did kind of overreact
in there.

- You want to hear
about overreaction?

My ex tells the courts that my
irrational behavior worries him,

so for the next six months, the
only way that I could see Jen

was through the supervision
of a state-approved monitor.

My advice: don't get married.

- Oh, I don't plan to.

- Here I had you pegged
as a hubby, five kids,

living in a Brownstone
in Lincoln Park kind of gal.

- I want kids even less
than I want a husband.

- You tell your boyfriend that?

- I don't have a boyfriend.

- You don't get lonely?

- Didn't say I was celibate.

Just no one regular.

Chicago Med?

- Yep. Lily's case worker said
she had a broken arm.

- Hey, Sam, remember me?
Detective Dawson?

- Yeah. Hi.

- Mind if I talk to you
a minute?

- No.

- Where's your dad?

- He's late.
He always is.

- Sorry about your mom.

I lost someone close to me
when I was young, too.

I know you won't buy this now,
but it gets better.

Let me ask you something, Sam.

Did your mom ever hit you?

- No.

- It doesn't mean she didn't
love you if she did.

Sometimes things get
too tough for moms,

they take it out on their kids.

I know about this because--

- Sam!

Let's go.

Now. Come on.

- Hey, take it easy.
- Don't touch me.

Ow! Aah!

- Stop! Stop!
- Let go of my arm!

- Stop! Stop!

- Let go of my arm!

Come on. Let's go.

- Put the phones away.

- Lily Jane Spencer was
brought in for an OD.

- Klonopin?

- She washed a handful down
with a bottle of wine.

- Do you think she was trying
to kill herself?

- It says here she spoke
to one of our psychiatrists--

or, rather,
he tried to speak to her.

She wasn't too talkative.

I'll tell you what:
this lady was lucky

someone found her in time
and called 911.

- And her broken arm?

- Um, her hair was wet
when she came in.

She was pretty doped up.

She probably slipped
getting out of the bath.

It's amazing
that's all she broke.

Excuse me.

- He sent her more than 60 texts
in two days,

after which she pops
a bunch of pills,

passes out, falls,
and breaks her arm.

To wit: "Sammy's eye is black.
His knee is scraped."

She replies back,
"He had a snowball fight

with his friends."

He texts back,
"Don't lie to me, Lily.

"I'm filing a Discontinuation
of Shared Custody Motion

"in the morning.

Once again, you're a loser."

- I'm surprised he didn't add,
"LOL."

- He did. And the next morning,
he filed the motion.

This is harassment.
Maybe stalking.

- Do you think Clark knew
about her first suicide attempt?

- Dawson and Nagel said he
wasn't what you'd call helpful.

What do you think we should do?

- I think the guy's an ass.

I also think there are stalking
and harassment laws

on the books for a reason.

- Rob, this is--
this is the strategy?

Kristy, this is what we call
marketing, huh?

'Cause I could grab some
prepubescent kids--

Did you come back
to knock me around some more?

- We have other business
right now.

- Yeah?

- Jaxson Clark,
I'm placing you under arrest

for the stalking and harassment
of Lily Spencer.

You have the right
to remain silent.

- Penny, call Miranda Sharp.

- Pick up Sam from school,

take him to my house,
and wait there with him.

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- Stalking, harassment,
inducement.

I mean, while we're going
with bogus counts,

I've always wanted to defend
someone charged with mayhem.

I just like saying it.
Mayhem.

- I forgot how much
you enjoy this, Miranda.

- Well, if we don't have fun,
what have we got?

- We've got stalking,
harassment, and inducement.

- Ooh, feisty.

Do you know how many great
restaurants I found

because of this guy?

I can't have him going
to prison.

He has a kid, Stone.

- You want me to pay a fine?
I'll pay a fine.

- If that's why you called
this meeting--

- No.

This is.

- Hey, take it easy.
- Don't touch me.

Ow! Aah!
- Stop! Stop!

- Let go of my arm!

- That looks like brutality
to me.

- You know what's more fun
than mayhem, Miranda?

Extortion.

- What happened
to your sense of humor?

Put that away.

I'm sure we can work this out.

- Mr. Clark pleads guilty
to a class four felony

stalking charge,
he serves two years.

When he's out, he enrolls
in anger management classes.

- Two years?
- I think you meant to say

six months, out in three
with good behavior.

- I'm sure you told your client

if we go to trial
he's looking at four years.

- For what?

- We can start with over 1,500
harassing and threatening texts

in three months.

- Two years.
Take it or leave it.

- It's not my fault
Lily finally got it right.

- You knew about Lily's
first suicide attempt?

- Jaxson.
- Yeah.

Yeah, she called me, crying.

Waah, waah, like a--
like a pathetic goat.

Next thing I know,
her lesbo sister's blaming me

because Lily went full
Whitney Houston in the bathtub.

- You should've taken
the two years, Mr. Clark.

Now I'm charging you
with Lily's murder.

- Are you out of your mind?

"Sui," from the Latin,

meaning "of self."

"Cidium,"
Latin for "a killing."

Put them together,
and what do you get?

You don't get murder--
that's what.

- I know I'm pushing it, Mark.

- The man was across town when
his ex walked into the lake,

for God's sake.

- It's like he sent her
a letter bomb.

- No, it's not.
No, it's not.

With a letter bomb, there's no
intervening, independent cause.

Namely, her own death wish.

- He was the direct cause
of her death.

I'm gonna argue
if he knew she was suicidal,

it's like knowing she'd open
the exploding letter.

- How cute. But it's
the legislature's job

to write new law, not ours.

- I'm not writing new law.
I'm just stretching the old.

- Emotional abuse of women
is typically viewed

as less harmful
than physical abuse.

If you can't see the injury,
how bad can it really be?

- So, a husband loses his temper
and screams at his wife

when she erases
the football game

that he was looking forward
to watching all week.

Is that emotional abuse?

- No.
If he does it once,

in isolation, of course not.

- Could it be written?
Like in an email or a text?

- Yes. What's critical
in these cases is

the repetition of the
criticism--the insult or blame.

At a certain point,
the victim goes from being

simply humiliated to
suffering diminished dignity.

Her self-worth
and her self-confidence

are utterly destroyed.

- Is it possible that
such a victim becomes suicidal?

- Without self-worth, why go on?

- You're doing important work,
Dr. Cole.

I applaud you for it.

I wonder, can you tell me,

is suicide always caused
by one specific thing?

- Sometimes there are
several causes.

- Lily Spencer had lost job
after job.

She was facing eviction again.

Her sister had just passed away
from ovarian cancer.

- Her ex was
emotionally abusive.

- That too, perhaps.
Not to mention

she was facing five weeks
of jury duty.

I mean, this was a woman riddled
with anxiety.

Lily begged to be let go.

So, isn't it possible
that all of those things

caused Lily Spencer
to take her own life?

- It's possible.

- Dr. Cole,
how long have you been studying

the psychology of abuse?

- 18 years.

- And yet,
in your expert medical opinion,

you cannot say for sure that
Jaxson's behavior was

the sole cause
of Lily's suicide,

isn't that right?

- Yes.

- Then how in the world could
a layman like Jaxson Phelps

possibly know that his actions
would result

in the death of Lily Spencer?

- It started with small things
at first.

He criticized the way
Lily loaded the dishwasher,

what books she read,
how she dressed.

He started to isolate her
from her friends, family.

He said that Sarah and
I were a bad influence on Sam.

- Why would he say that?
- We're gay.

- Did things get easier for Lily
once she split from Jaxson?

- In some ways they got worse.

All those horrible texts
he sent her.

I swear that's what made her try
to kill herself the first time.

When Jaxson found out, he said
to her, right to her face,

"What kind of loser
can't even kill herself?"

- Ms. Kelman,

do you recognize this?

- Yes.

- Could you please tell us
what it is?

- It's a text that Lily sent me
shortly before Sarah died.

- Could you please read it
to the court?

- "I can't live without Sarah.

If Sarah dies,
my life's not worth living."

- Objection. Hearsay.

- Offered to show
the declarant's frame of mind

and emotional state
at the time this statement

was made, Your Honor.

- Overruled.

.

- Just so you know,
Gloria says you're becoming

some kind of feminist hero.

But she married me.
What does she know?

- I may not have the law
fully at my back,

but I think the jury's with me.

- Hm.
- Truth be told,

I'm a little worried
about tomorrow.

- Yeah, who isn't?

- Sharp's calling Sam Clark
to the stand.

- To rave about
what a great daddy he is.

- How do you cross-examine
a nine-year-old

whose father's on trial
for killing his mother?

- Gently.

- Hey, Sam. You mind
if I ask you a few questions?

It'll be easy. I promise.

That is quite the scar you got
there.

Did you get that playing soccer?

- I burned myself at the stove
at my dad's house.

But Dad took me to the hospital.

- Did you call your mom
and tell her what happened?

- I'm not allowed to
call my mom by myself.

- Why not?

- Dad said that
'cause she didn't pay the bill

she wasn't allowed to use up
my minutes.

- What if you wanted to call her
and tell her

about something that happened
at school?

It's okay, Sam.

In a courtroom, you're supposed
to answer all the questions.

- It doesn't cost anything.

- What doesn't?
- Snapchat.

- Your Honor,
there doesn't seem to be a point

to this questioning.

- Good job, Sam.

- I happen to agree
with the defense, Mr. Stone.

- Refusing to allow the child
to communicate with his mother

was part of the defendant's
pattern of abusive behavior.

- He just testified
that he spoke to his mother

through Snapchat.

- Fine. Then I move
to examine the phone.

- It's irrelevant.

- You opened the door,
Ms. Sharp.

Do you have your phone
with you, son?

- You're the worst mother ever!

I hate you!
I want to live with my dad,

and I'm gonna tell the judge
that!

- Who was home the night you
shot this Snapchat for your mom?

- Me and my dad.

- Did your dad know that you
made this Snapchat for her?

- No.

- Were you mad at her?

- I don't know.

- You told her you hated her,
Sam.

You said that you wanted
to go live with your dad.

Did you mean that?

- Not really.

- Then why'd you say it?

Did your dad tell you
to say that?

Sam, would you watch the screen,
please?

There.

You see that?

You see your arms?

Who's holding the phone, Sam?

Hey, look at me.

You know what?
You're not in trouble.

But I need you to
answer my question.

My dad. He made me send it.

I didn't want to,
but he made me.

Is it my fault?

Did I kill my mom?

- No, Sam. No.

It's not your fault.

- On the sole count
of first degree murder,

the jury finds the defendant,
Jaxson Clark, guilty.

- Before you people started
to deliberate,

I instructed you on how to apply
the law regarding murder.

Yes, I detest this defendant.

He did what he did, and a woman
may have died because of it.

But "may have"
is not good enough.

You rendered a decision based
purely on emotion.

Sit down, Mr. Stone.

You ignored my instructions
completely,

and now you force me
to ignore your decision.

- Your Honor, I--
- I said sit, Mr. Stone.

Unlike you, I actually listened
to the testimony.

The prosecution
clearly did not establish

that the defendant knew
his actions would result

in Ms. Spencer's death.

Therefore, I am setting aside
your verdict.

You are free to go, Mr. Clark.

And you are dismissed.

- I thought judges only
overruled the jury verdict

in textbooks.

- I know.

I should never have
dropped the lesser charges.

- You got your head out
in front of your skis.

We all do it.
Once.

- Clark is getting a total pass.

- You know what I think?

I think you should go home,
go to sleep.

I guarantee you, you wake up
in the morning,

there will be a brand new
bad guy waiting for you.

- I just hope
I can recognize him.

I saw the same thing happen
to a friend of mine.

- Nobody I know, I hope.

- A college friend.
Corra.

Her boyfriend, Rhys, he--

he did a real number on her.

And I didn't do anything.

The law's got to change, Mark.

- Then change it.

- Good morning, senators.
I'm here to speak to you

about the
Illinois Murder Statute,

specifically how it should
include a situation

in which one person,
using emotional abuse,

causes another
to commit suicide.

Let me tell you
about Lily Spencer.

She was a bright, kind woman,

and a loving mother

who did everything in her power

to protect the future
of her son

from an abusive father.

- Peter Stone.

- Hi, Corra.
- I can't believe it.

Um, did something happen
with Rhys?

- I wouldn't know.
Actually, I--

I need to apologize
for something.

- For what?

- Do you mind if I come in?

- I'll make coffee.

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